To:G. Y. ZINOVIEV

Written:Written prior to April 18, 1916Published:First published in 1964 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 49.

      Sent from Zurich to Borne.

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Iam not sending this by express, as it would only waken you, according
to my reckoning, without appreciably saving any time.

Iquite agree with you aboutinvitingthe French and promising
50 frs.

Advisethe Brest people to travelviaGeorge: it is important
that he and we should “intercept” them first in stead of Grimm (if
possible it would be good to do the same with the
Parisians[2]).

Ihaven’t had time yet to read-the
indictment.[3]I shan’t be long.

Ifyou like, I’ll send you Sukhanov’s new pamphlet, if you promise me
				Junius[1](for 1/2 day at least. Get it from Radek, butdon’t mentionme). Neither Platten nor Nobs have it.

Itwould be extremely usefulfor the causefor Alexander first
to work a little in England. It isdangerousat present to go to
Russia, we shall be ruining a good man (in Sweden as well as in
Russia). Coming here just now is harmful, since he and you will not be able
to restrain yourselves, and we shall only besullyinga valuable
man at the conference. Besides, in a month or two he will be much moreuseful in Russia, and by that time manyimportantthings will be
cleared up and revealed.

Salut,Lenin

P.S.He will have a “rest” only by working in England. Inaction will
only wear him out.

N.B.:P.S. If Grimm does not publish the protest, we must find that outat onceandpublishit ourselves,altering the
text.[4]

P.P.S.Where are the other theses of Radek’s for the Zimmerwald Left
agreement andwhenshall we have them???

[1]Areference to the pamphlet by Junius (Luxemburg),Die Krise der
Sozialdemokratie, Zurich, 1916.—Ed.

[2]Thisrefers to the arrival of the French delegates to the Second
International Socialist Conference. Safarov (George) was in Switzerland at
the time. Whom Lenin meant by the “Brest people” has not been
ascertained.

[3]Meaningthe indictment in the case of the Bolshevik deputies of the
Fourth Duma.

[4]SeeNote 431.